February 24th Dog Playlist!

This past week has been very difficult for me with the death of my beloved puppy, Clifford. Just last week he was wreaking havoc on me while I was in the studio bringing music to the people. In a very quick turn of events, he left this physical world. While I was devastated, I have found comfort in the fact that there are so many songs in the world about these wonderful animals. Dogs are, indeed, very special and he was even more exceptional. He was full of love and happiness. Even on the worst day, he could make you smile simply by resting his chin on your lap just in case you felt like petting his head. His most recent nickname was the gentle giraffe because of his gentle nature and long neck. He touched my life in a way that no other dog has. I play this week's playlist as a tribute to my beloved pup. Below is a picture from this past fall.

Playlist:
Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Littlest Hobo Theme Song – Maybe Tomorrow
Neil Young* - Old King – Harvest Moon (1992)
Johnny Cash – Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog – Live at Folsom Prison
The Beatles – Martha My Dear – The Beatles (White Album)
Belle and Sebastian – Dog on Wheels – Dog on Wheels EP (1997)
Blitzen Trapper – Furr – Furr (2008)
Nellie McKay* - The Dog Song – Get Away from Me
Po’ Girl* - Home to you – Home to you (2007)
Bob Dylan – Lay Lady Lay – Nashville Skyline (1969)
The Byrds – Old Blue – Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde (1969)
Metric* - Gimme Sympathy – Plug In, Plug Out (2009)
Iron and Wine – Wolves (Song of the Shepherd’s Dog) – The Shepherd’s Dog (2007)

7:00-8:00am
Sarah McLaughlin* - Ice Cream – Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Jenn Grant* - Only love can break your heart – Echoes (2009)
Ween – Fluffy – 12 Golden Country Greats (1996)
Iggy Pop – A Machine for Loving – Preliminaries
Johnny Reid – My Old Friend – Dance with Me (2009)
Wilco – Jesus, etc. – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Weeping Tile* - Dogs and Thunder – Eepee (1995)
The Be Good Tanyas* - Dog song aka Sleep dog lullaby – Blue Horse (2001)
Katie Moore* - My old dog – Only Thing Worse (2007)
Pink Floyd – Seamus – Meddle (1971)
Jane Siberry – Everything reminds me of my dog – The Jane Siberry Anthology (2002)

My best buddy...



Me and my buddy after a run...

Last week's miss

As you may or may not know, last week (ie. February 10th) I missed my regular hosting spot for Green Eggs and Ham on CFCR. It was not necessarily a planned miss and technically I could have made it. However, I was up until the wee hours of the morning for my new "job" as a doula (ie. a birthing coach). The couple that I was supporting are avid CFCR supporters and listen to my show regularly. However, I don't think any of us thought too much about CFCR when their little boy was born at 10:55pm on Tuesday night. I got home at around 2:00am and thought about staying up all night and just wandering down to the station to host the show, but the days of all-nighters are definitely in my past. There was also a mix-up and I thought that there was a host scheduled to fill in. Alas, I was absent.

I have heard a few people say that last week's show as filled with dead air. That is definitely not good news and I will alert the station to that issue. Over the last week I have had so many people comment about my missed week that it made me realize that there are people who ACTUALLY LISTEN! It's funny because most of the time I don't think that anyone listens. I mean, how many people get up at 6am?! Well, more than I thought. So I would like to thank everyone who talked to me this week about my beloved radio show. I do love playing music every week and I thank you all for listening!

With permission, I might even post a picture of the new little bundle of joy.

February 17th Playlist!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Rose Melberg* - Take some time – Cast away the clouds
Jack Johnson – Dreams be Dreams – On and on
Van Morrison – Sweet Thing – Astral Weeks
The Sheepdogs* - Please don’t lead me on – Learn and Burn (2010, local)
The Sadies* - Why be so curious (part III) – Favorite Colours
The Sadies* - The Story’s often told – Stories often told
Neko Case – If you knew – The tigers have spoken
Neko Case – Hold on, hold on – Fox Confessor brings the flood
Wilco – Impossible Germany – Sky Blue Sky
Basia Bulat* - In the night – Oh my darling
Stars – If your ex-lover is dead – Set yourself on fire
The Weakerthans* - One Great City – Reconstruction Site
Jenn Grant* - Parachute – Echoes
Laura Cantrell – Roll Truck Roll – Hello Recordings
Miss Emily Brown* - The Diary of Amy Briggs – In Technicolour (2010)

7:00-8:00am
Bon Iver – Skinny Love – For Emma, Forever Ago
Women* - Lawn Care – Self-titled
Wilco – Heavy metal drummer – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The Magnetic Fields – You must be out of your mind – Realism
Spoon – Before Destruction – Transference
Hawksley Workman* - French Girl in LA – Meat (2010)
Tegan and Sara* - Relief next to me – The Con
Jenn Grant* - Dreamer – Orchestra for the Moon
Basia Bulat* - Go on – Heart of my own
Jeanette Stewart* - Hopeless – Let out the studio party (2009, local)
Wilco – You and I – Wilco (the album)
Sarah Burton* - Gravity – Mayflower (2010)
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress – Hunter, hunter (2009)

February 3rd Playlist!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Martha Wainwright* - This Life – self-titled (2005)
The Heartstrings* - Sell the farm – In a land far away that is fair (2009, local)
The Gruff* - The Make – A trail of missing thoughts (2008)
Buddy Guy – Show me the money – Skin Deep (2008)
Sue Foley* - New Used Car – New Used Car (2006)
Great Lake Swimmers* - When it Flows – Bodies and Minds (2005)
Regina Spektor – Folding Chair – Far (2009)
The New Pornographers* - Fake Headlines – Mass Romantic (2000)
The Unicorns* - JEllybones – who will cut our hair when we’re gone (2003)
Said the Whale* - This City’s a Mess – Howe sounds (2008)
Hawksley Workman* - (the happiest day I know is a) Tokyo bicycle – Meat (2010)
Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)

7:00-8:00am
Ndidi Okukwulu* - Water – No, I Never (2006)
Sue Foley* - Hard Workin’ Woman – Change (2004)
The Waifs – Service Fee – Sink or Swim (2000)
Chad VanGaalen* - Cries of the Dead – Soft Airplane (2008)
The Hidden Cameras* - Death of a Tune – Awoo (2006)
Immaculate Machine* - Broken Ship – Ones and Zeros (2005)
Metric* - Succexy – old world underground, where are you now? (2003)
Luke Doucet and the White Falcon* - Long Haul Driver – Blood’s too Rich (2008)
Little Miss Higgins* - Killer Diller – Live Two nights in March (2009, local)
Tegan and Sara* - The First – This Business of Art (2000)
Tangiers* - Renewed Love – The Family Myth (2007)
Wolf Parade* - Shine a light – Apologies to the queen mary (2005)
Sloan* - Who taught you to live like that – Never Hear the end of it (2006)